STATION.--01578475 OCTORARO CREEK NEAR RICHARDSMERE,
MD LOCATION.--Lat 39`42'24", long
76`06'56", Cecil County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, at
single-span steel-truss bridge on New Bridge Road, 1.0 mi south of
PA-MD state line, 1.3 mi northeast of Richardsmere, and 2.5 mi east of
Rock Springs, MD.DRAINAGE AREA.--177 square miles.PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 19, 2005 to current
year.GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 120 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929,
from topographic map.COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection and the Susquehanna River Basin
Commission.REMARKS.--Satellite telemetry at station.